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==How to Find the Records==
==Resources==
===Online Collections===
===Online Resources===
 
*'''1873-1914''': [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=CAMBODGE French Oversees Cambodia Civil Registration and Parish Records] at Archivesnationales; index & images
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&country=cambodia&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms] at Findmypast; index & images ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20banns%20and%20marriages&country=brunei&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages] at Findmypast; index & images ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=cambodia British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast; index & images ($)
 
===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===


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023 721 190<br>
023 721 190<br>


E-mail: [mailto:info@interior.gov.kh info@interior.gov.kh]<br>
Email: [mailto:info@interior.gov.kh info@interior.gov.kh]<br>


'''Divorce'''<br>
'''Divorce'''<br>
The adjudicating jurisdiction for divorce lies with the People's Provincial or Municipal Court where a defendant resides.<ref>LAW ON MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
The adjudicating jurisdiction for divorce lies with the People's Provincial or Municipal Court where a defendant resides.<ref name="Law">Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Knowledgebase, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/vitalstatkb/KnowledgebaseArticle50382.aspx?Keywords=cambodia Law on Marriage and Family]. Click the attachment, 'Law on marriage and family_Cambodia.pdf'. This law was passed by the National Assembly of the State of Cambodia on July 17, 1989 during the 17th ordinary session of the first legislature.</ref>
This law is passed by the National Assembly of the State of Cambodia on July 17, 1989 during the 17th ordinary session of the first legislature. See
 
Marriage Certificates (Acte de Mariage)unstats.un.org › unsd › vitalstatkb › Attachment741 (pdf)</ref>
Phnom Penh Municipal Court<br>
Samdech Monireth Blvd (217)<br>
Phnom Penh, Cambodia<br>
 
==Background==
 
"The Chief or member of the People's Committee of the Commune or Section Registrar Office (in French "officer d'Etat Civil") must make a public announcement of the marriage ceremony by posting a publication at the house of the bride and at the office of Commune or Section in the jurisdiction where the bride resides."<ref name="Law"></ref>


==Historical Background==
==Coverage and Compliance==
==Coverage and Compliance==


A marriage between a man under 20 years and a woman under 18 years shall be voidable.
"A marriage between a man under 20 years and a woman under 18 years shall be voidable."<ref name="Law"></ref>


Article 28:
The People's Court shall reproduce copies of the dissolution of marriage which has been adjudicated void and then certify on the margin of the marriage certificate indicating that the marriage is void.<ref name="Law"></ref>
The People's Court shall reproduce copies of the dissolution of marriage which has been adjudicated void and then certify on the margin of the marriage certificate indicating that the marriage is void.


==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==


'''Births'''
===Birth Records===
 
Certificates may include the following information:


*Name
*Name
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*Names of parents<ref>[https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/cambodia-2-birth-certificates-with-revenues-24892/25437989 HipStamp, example of Cambodian birth certificate], (accessed 5 May 2020).</ref>
*Names of parents<ref>[https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/cambodia-2-birth-certificates-with-revenues-24892/25437989 HipStamp, example of Cambodian birth certificate], (accessed 5 May 2020).</ref>


===Marriage Records===


The Chief or member of the People's Committee of the Commune or Section Registrar Office (in French "officer d'Etat Civil") must make a public announcement of the marriage ceremony by posting a publication at the house of the bride and at the office of Commune or Section in the jurisdiction where the bride resides.
*For the future husband and wife:
The publication shall contain the followings:
**Family name, name
1. family name, name, age, occupation and place of abode of the future husband and wife;
**Age
2. family name, name, age, occupation and place of abode of the parents of the future spouses (if father or mother deceased, it must be written down as "deceased").
**Occupation
3. timeliness of complaint.
**Place of abode<br>
*For the parents of the future spouses:
**Family name
**Age
**Occupation
**Place of abode
**If father or mother are deceased, it must be written down as "deceased")<ref name="Law"></ref><br>
 
===Death Records===
 
*Name
*Date
*Place
*Residence


==References==
==References==




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Offices to Contact

Ministry of Interior of the Royal Government of Cambodia
General Department of Identification
275 Norodom Blvd
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Telephone:
023 721 905
023 726 052
023 721 190

Email: info@interior.gov.kh

Divorce
The adjudicating jurisdiction for divorce lies with the People's Provincial or Municipal Court where a defendant resides.[1]

Phnom Penh Municipal Court
Samdech Monireth Blvd (217)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Background

"The Chief or member of the People's Committee of the Commune or Section Registrar Office (in French "officer d'Etat Civil") must make a public announcement of the marriage ceremony by posting a publication at the house of the bride and at the office of Commune or Section in the jurisdiction where the bride resides."[1]

Coverage and Compliance

"A marriage between a man under 20 years and a woman under 18 years shall be voidable."[1]

The People's Court shall reproduce copies of the dissolution of marriage which has been adjudicated void and then certify on the margin of the marriage certificate indicating that the marriage is void.[1]

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

  • Name
  • Place of birth
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Names of parents[2]

Marriage Records

  • For the future husband and wife:
    • Family name, name
    • Age
    • Occupation
    • Place of abode
  • For the parents of the future spouses:
    • Family name
    • Age
    • Occupation
    • Place of abode
    • If father or mother are deceased, it must be written down as "deceased")[1]

Death Records

  • Name
  • Date
  • Place
  • Residence

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Knowledgebase, Law on Marriage and Family. Click the attachment, 'Law on marriage and family_Cambodia.pdf'. This law was passed by the National Assembly of the State of Cambodia on July 17, 1989 during the 17th ordinary session of the first legislature.
  2. HipStamp, example of Cambodian birth certificate, (accessed 5 May 2020).